diff --git a/whisper/whisperv6/metrics.go b/whisper/whisperv6/metrics.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..500969a9c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/whisper/whisperv6/metrics.go
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+// Copyright 2018 The go-ethereum Authors
+// This file is part of the go-ethereum library.
+//
+// The go-ethereum library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// The go-ethereum library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+// GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+// along with the go-ethereum library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package whisperv6
+
+import "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/metrics"
+
+var (
+	newEnvelopes   = metrics.NewMeter("whisper/NewEnvelopes")
+	totalEnvelopes = metrics.NewMeter("whisper/TotalEnvelopes")
+	envelopesSize  = metrics.NewMeter("whisper/EnvelopesSize")
+	metricsPeers   = metrics.NewCounter("whisper/Peers")
+)
diff --git a/whisper/whisperv6/whisper.go b/whisper/whisperv6/whisper.go
index 600f9cb286..6f4125c138 100644
--- a/whisper/whisperv6/whisper.go
+++ b/whisper/whisperv6/whisper.go
@@ -624,15 +624,15 @@ func (whisper *Whisper) Stop() error {
 func (whisper *Whisper) HandlePeer(peer *p2p.Peer, rw p2p.MsgReadWriter) error {
 	// Create the new peer and start tracking it
 	whisperPeer := newPeer(whisper, peer, rw)
-
 	whisper.peerMu.Lock()
 	whisper.peers[whisperPeer] = struct{}{}
 	whisper.peerMu.Unlock()
-
+	metricsPeers.Inc(1)
 	defer func() {
 		whisper.peerMu.Lock()
 		delete(whisper.peers, whisperPeer)
 		whisper.peerMu.Unlock()
+		metricsPeers.Dec(1)
 	}()
 
 	// Run the peer handshake and state updates
@@ -747,6 +747,9 @@ func (whisper *Whisper) runMessageLoop(p *Peer, rw p2p.MsgReadWriter) error {
 // whisper network. It also inserts the envelope into the expiration pool at the
 // appropriate time-stamp. In case of error, connection should be dropped.
 func (whisper *Whisper) add(envelope *Envelope) (bool, error) {
+	totalEnvelopes.Mark(1)
+	envelopesSize.Mark(int64(envelope.size()))
+
 	now := uint32(time.Now().Unix())
 	sent := envelope.Expiry - envelope.TTL
 
@@ -794,6 +797,7 @@ func (whisper *Whisper) add(envelope *Envelope) (bool, error) {
 	whisper.poolMu.Lock()
 	_, alreadyCached := whisper.envelopes[hash]
 	if !alreadyCached {
+		newEnvelopes.Mark(1)
 		whisper.envelopes[hash] = envelope
 		if whisper.expirations[envelope.Expiry] == nil {
 			whisper.expirations[envelope.Expiry] = set.NewNonTS()